Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. A wide array of practices branded as "natural", "non-invasive", or promoting "self-healing" are employed by its practitioners,
A homeopathic preparation of Hepar sulph – homeopathy can be offered as part of naturopathic treatment.
Sebastian Kneipp c. 1898, a Bavarian priest and forefather of naturopathy
Britt Marie Hermes c. 2016, a former naturopathic doctor and major critic of naturopathic medicine
A patient undergoing a hydrotherapy session
Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths or homeopathic p
Naturopathy
…are employed by its practitioners, who are known as naturopaths. These treatments range from the pseudoscientific and thoroughly discredited, such as homeopathy, to the widely accepted, such as certain forms of psychotherapy. The ideology and methods of naturopathy are based on vitalism and folk medicine rather…
Samuel Hahnemann, originator of homeopathy
Samuel Hahnemann Monument, Washington, D.C., with the inscription Similia Similibus Curentur – "Like cures Like"
Homeopathy Looks at the Horrors of Allopathy, an 1857 painting by Alexander Beydeman, showing historical figures and personifications of homeopathy observing the brutality of medicine of the 19th century
Homeopathic repertory by James Tyler Kent